After the finishes on Saturday, Jérémie Beyou in 13^th and Romain Attanasio in 14^th arriving in Les Sables d’Olonne’s channel at either end of the day, six more skippers are due to finish this week, among them France’s Arnaud Boissières  and Stéphane Le Diraison, Switzerland’s Alan Roura, Japan’s Kojiro Shiraishi, Great Britain’s Pip Hare and Spain’s Didac Costa.

Manu Cousin suffered damage to his keel ram system which is leaving it swinging on its axis. He spoke on the morning radio call....

aaarrrrggghhhh

That is how I am feeling right now, at 4 in the morning. In the pitch dark. These next four days are shaping up to be shockers.

Relaxed, happy, contented and relieved of stress, Romain Attanasio was forthcoming and informative, talking of his desire to have a foiling boat for his third Vendee Globe